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The presidium or præsidium
(from Latin præsidium meaning protection or defense, so
plural presidia or præsidia) is
the name for the heading organ of various legislative and
organizational bodies. The members of the presidium usually sit on
the tribune in front of the
main members body.

From 1952 to 1966 the Politburo of
the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union was known as the Presidium of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party but despite the
similarity in name, the two Presidia were different bodies with
different functions.